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Welcome to Evidence for Democracy!

Submitted by Katie Gibbs on Mon, 08/26/2013 - 09:00

Evidence for Democracy (E4D) advocates for the transparent use of science and evidence in Canadian public policy and government decision-making.

As a national, non-partisan, and not-for-profit organization, we believe that all Canadians benefit when public policy is informed by evidence.

We aim to increase government transparency and accountability by ensuring that scientific evidence is used in the decision-making process for the public good. And that these decisions are communicated openly to the public.

Scientists call for evidence based decisions

Submitted by admin on Wed, 06/12/2013 - 09:00

Dr. Katie Gibbs: Scientists call for evidence based decisions by governments

Dr. Katie Gibbs has seen her colleagues at the University of Ottawa biology department realize that if anybody in Canada can stand up to the attacks on science, it's the scientists themselves.  

Federal government boasts big on science, offers little proof

Submitted by Scott Findlay on Fri, 04/05/2013 - 18:31

Published in the National Post.

Governing in the dark: Ottawa’s dangerous unscientific revolution

Submitted by Scott Findlay on Wed, 10/10/2012 - 09:00

Most Canadians understand that our well-being depends on science. But Canadian science is under assault. And scientists, like Peter Finch in the film Network, are mad as hell. In July, more than 2,000 of them staged a mock funeral for scientific evidence on Parliament Hill to protest the Harper government’s dismantling of Canadian institutions that collect scientific evidence, the muzzling of government scientists, and the erosion of the role of scientific evidence in public debate and regulatory decisions.